What are the main symptoms of PKD?
Abnormal urine
The main manifestation is proteinuria or hematuria, which is presented in the
early stage. The occurrence of proteinuria is the result of damaged glomerular
filtration function. And the hematuria may be caused by ruptured cyst or renal
bleeding.
Abdominal mass
When the kidney is enlarged to a certain size, we can feel the masses of
different size in two sides of our belly with our hands. These masses will move
with our breath.
Anemia
Most PKD patients will go through a worsening course of our disease. During
this time, patient may suffer from increased urination in night. This symptom
often is related with the decline of renal function.
Hypertension
Hypertension is a common complication caused by cysts. Nearly 50%-60% of
patients will get hypertension. Generally, hypertension occurs before the
decline of our renal function, accompanied by headache, dizziness.
Symptoms of urinary system
Patient may have anuria, frequent micturition, urgent urination, increased
nocturia and so on.
How is the prognosis of PKD
Generally speaking, the prognosis of male is worse than that of female.
Prognosis of patients with early onset is bad. Some other factors also can
affect the prognosis, like hypertension, pregnancy number, the frequency of
getting a urinary tract infection and so on. In the past time when there were no
dialysis and kidney transplant, the survival time for PKD patients who had
insufficiency was only 10 years. Serum creatinine will rise fast. But if
patients' serum creatinine has never raise and patients also have no kidney
stone, infection and hypertension, the survival time may be 30 or 40 years.
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